| Position | Captain | Player | Age | Club | Drafted | Games | Games Pre | Times AA |
| BP | Corey Enright | 31 | Geelong | #47 National 1999 | 22 | 244 | 5 | |
| FB | Scott Thompson | 26 | North Melbourne | #37 National 2007 | 19 | 93 | 1 | |
| BP | Michael Johnson | 28 | Fremantle | #8 Pre-Season 2003 | 23 | 149 | 1 | |
| HBF | Jarrad McVeigh | 27 | Sydney | #5 National 2002 | 25 | 194 | 1 | |
| CHB | Harry Taylor | 26 | Geelong | #17 National 2007 | 24 | 112 | 2 | |
| HBF | Sam Mitchell | 30 | Hawthorn | #36 National 2001 | 24 | 221 | 2 | |
| W | Ryan Griffen | 26 | Western Bulldogs | #3 National 2004 | 20 | 163 | 1 | |
| C | C | Joel Selwood | 24 | Geelong | #7 National 2006 | 25 | 135 | 3 |
| W | Scott Pendlebury | 25 | Collingwood | #5 National 2005 | 23 | 148 | 4 | |
| HFF | Patrick Dangerfield | 22 | Adelaide | #10 National 2007 | 20 | 89 | 2 | |
| CHF | Travis Cloke | 25 | Collingwood | #39 National 2004 | 22 | 174 | 2 | |
| HFF | Kieren Jack | 25 | Sydney | #58 Rookie 2005 | 25 | 114 | 1 | |
| FP | Jarryd Roughead | 25 | Hawthorn | #2 National 2004 | 25 | 159 | 1 | |
| FF | Jeremy Cameron | 19 | GWS | GWS Underage 2010 | 21 | 16 | 1 | |
| FP | Chad Wingard | 19 | Port Adelaide | #6 National 2011 | 24 | 19 | 1 | |
| Ru | Will Minson | 27 | Western Bulldogs | #20 National 2002 | 22 | 136 | 1 | |
| RR | Dane Swan | 28 | Collingwood | #58 National 2001 | 23 | 196 | 5 | |
| Ro | VC | Gary Ablett | 28 | Gold Coast | #40 National 2001 | 21 | 232 | 7 |
| IC | Travis Boak | 24 | Port Adelaide | #5 National 2006 | 23 | 108 | 1 | |
| IC | Dan Hannebery | 21 | Sydney | #30 National 2008 | 24 | 77 | 1 | |
| IC | Jobe Watson | 27 | Essendon | #40 National 2002 | 19 | 154 | 2 | |
| IC | Andrew Mackie | 28 | Geelong | #7 National 2002 | 25 | 173 | 1 |